(22) OHIO WELCOMES (41) TRI-CITY ROLLER DERBY FOR INTERNATIONAL BOUT
Fresh off their 2-1 performance at Quad City Chaos hosted by Toronto Roller Derby, the Ohio Roller Girls will host their second home bout of the season against, well, more Canadians! After splitting bouts with the #1 and #2 ranked teams in Canada, Ohio will try their luck against the third best team north of the border, Tri-City Roller Derby (Kitchener, ON), on Saturday, April 5th, at the Lausche Building. Historically, the Ohio Roller Girls are 9-1 against international teams, including a 2-0 record against Tri-City. The two teams last met in May 2012 when Ohio was victorious 159-113. Prior to that, Ohio also took the win in June 2011, 131-76. The Ohio Roller Girls will have the advantage coming into this weekend’s bout, having already played four bouts in the 2014 season. They were victorious in the season opener against Nashville 194-128, and secured two additional victories at Quad City Chaos against Bleeding Heartland (Bloomington, IN) 291-93, and Toronto 185-172. Their lone loss this season was to the Montreal New Skids on the Block 385-158. Ohio will feature The Smacktivist and Kitty Liquorbottom on the jammer line, as both played tremendously well at Quad City Chaos. For their efforts